Bill Text: TX HB1456 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the appointment of counsel to represent an indigent person in certain criminal proceedings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-26 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1456 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1456-Introduced.html
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By: Dominguez | H.B. No. 1456 |
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relating to the appointment of counsel to represent an indigent | ||
person in certain criminal proceedings. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 26.04, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (i-1) to read as follows: | ||
(i-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (j)(2) or any other law, | ||
an attorney may be appointed under this article to represent an | ||
indigent person for the sole purpose of providing counsel in | ||
relation to that person's appearance before a magistrate as | ||
required by Article 14.06(a), 15.17(a), or 15.18(a). The attorney | ||
may continue to represent the person following the proceeding if | ||
appointed for that purpose under the other provisions of this | ||
article. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a person who is arrested on or after the effective date of this | ||
Act. A person arrested before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the person was arrested, | ||
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |